Well this was concluded on, after a great many other Reasons used on
either Side, in favour of the Contrivance; they at last argued themselves
into a Belief, that Fortune had befriended them with a better Plot, than
their regular Thinking could have contriv'd. So soon had they convinc'd
themselves, in what they were willing to believe.

Aurelian laid himself down to rest, that is, upon the Bed; for he was a
better Lover than to pretend to sleep that Night, while Hippolito set
himself again to frame his Letter design'd for Leonora. He writ several,
at last pitched upon one, and very probably the worst, as you may guess
when you read it in its proper Place.

It was break of Day when the Servant, who had been employed all the
foregoing Day in procuring Accoutrements for the Two Cavaliers, to appear
in at the Tilting, came into the Room, and told them all the Young
Gentlemen in the Town were trying their Equipage, and preparing to be
early in the Lists. They made themselves ready with all Expedition at
the Alarm: and Hippolito having made a Visit to his Governour, dispatch'd
a Messenger with the Letter and Directions to Leonora. At the Signal
agreed upon the Casement was opened and a String let down, to which the
Bearer having fastned the Letter, saw it drawn up, and returned. It were
a vain attempt to describe Leonora's Surprize, when she read the
Superscription.--The Unfortunate Aurelian, to the Beautiful Leonora--After
she was a little recovered from her Amaze, she recollected to her self
all the Passages between her and her supposed Cousin, and immediately
concluded him to be Aurelian. Then several little Circumstances which
she thought might have been sufficient to have convinced her, represented
themselves to her; and she was in a strange Uneasiness to think of her
free Carriage to a Stranger.