Eudoxus
having a Son born to him, and
Leontine
a Daughter; but to the unspeakable Grief of the latter, his young Wife (in whom all his Happiness was wrapt up) died in a few Days after the Birth of her Daughter. His Affliction would have been insupportable, had not he been comforted by the daily Visits and Conversations of his Friend. As they were one Day talking together with their usual Intimacy,
Leontine
, considering how incapable he was of giving his Daughter a proper education in his own House, and
Eudoxus
reflecting on the ordinary Behaviour of a Son who knows himself to be the Heir of a great Estate, they both agreed upon an Exchange of Children, namely that the Boy should be bred up with
Leontine
as his Son, and that the Girl should live with