Leontine
and himself to live upon, so that he Studied without Intermission till he gained a very good Insight into the Constitution and Laws of his Country.
I should have told my Reader, that whilst
Florio
lived at the House of his Foster-father, he was always an acceptable Guest in the Family of
Eudoxus
, where he became acquainted with
Leonilla
from her Infancy. His Acquaintance with her by degrees grew into Love, which in a Mind trained up in all the Sentiments of Honour and Virtue became a very uneasy Passion. He despaired of gaining an Heiress of so great a Fortune, and would rather have died than attempted it by any indirect Methods.
Leonilla