in my Sleep, and was the more diverted with
Will Honeycomb
's Gallantries, (when we afterwards became acquainted) because I had foreseen his Marriage with a Farmer's Daughter. The Regret which arose in my Mind upon the Death of my Companions, my Anxieties for the Publick, and the many Calamities still fleeting before my Eyes, made me repent my Curiosity; when the Magician entered the Room, and awakened me, by telling me (when it was too late) that he was just going to begin.
N. B.
I have only deliver'd the Prophecy of that Part of my Life which is past, it being inconvenient to divulge the second Part 'till a more proper Opportunity.
| [No. 605] | Monday, October 11, 1714 | Budgell |
Exuerint sylvestrem animum, cultuque frequenti
In quascunque voces artes, haud tarda sequentur.
Virg.
Having perused the following Letter, and finding it to run upon the Subject of Love, I referred it to the Learned