that of Ejaculation. I next insert an Intrigue between two Females more
extraordinary than the former, by reason in this, Art was only employ'd,
and in the other there was something of Nature in it, tho' viciously
apply'd: I shall introduce it with several Adventures which happen'd in
this Cafe before the Scene was accomplish'd, and which I doubt not will
be acceptable. In the City of _Ferara_, 'tis reported, there some time
since liv'd two Damsels who were of reputable Descent, and their
Education was equal to that of the greatest Quality in the Territories
of _Italy_; the Name of one of them was _Theodora_, and of the other
_Amaryllis_: _Theodora_ was the Daughter of an eminent Courtier, and in
her Person most beautiful; her Shape was form'd according to the nicest
Rules of Symetry; her Waste was slender, her Breasts were full and
round, and for Whiteness equall'd the falling Snow; her Face was exactly
compos'd, the Features strong and yet beautiful; her Cheeks more lively
than the Rose and Lilly; her Eyes sparkled beyond the most shining
Planets; her Teeth excell'd the best polish'd Ivory; soft as Velvet were
her Lips, and redder than Vermillion; her Hand and Arm more white than
Milk; her Feet small, and her Gate stately, and on her Shoulders were
display'd her auborn Tresses, hanging in Ringlets to her Waste; in
short, every Part that was visible invited to hidden Charms; her Looks
were languishing, and her Eye-Balls large, which, perpetually rowling,
cast a thousand Darts at all Beholders. _Amaryllis_ the Daughter of a
wealthy Merchant and no less admir'd for her Beauty than the lovely
_Theodora_; she was made up of Perfections, and whomsoever she saw
unguarded, she was sure to captivate: These two Ladies were both of them
cross'd in their amorous Inclinations; _Theodora_, before she was
thirteen Years of Age, had made a powerful Conquest over the Affections
of a Youth of Gallantry, his Name was _Leander_, and he was the eldest
Son of a Nobleman of _Naples_; but _Theodora_'s Father having no regard
to the Happiness of his Daughter, after _Leander_ had made his